164.940 Definitions.

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(1)"Basic coverage compensation fund" means the fund which may be established by

the University of Kentucky for the purpose of paying claims or judgments for

personal injury or death to patients resulting from any tort or breach of duty based

on health care services rendered or which should have been rendered by the

university or its agents. This fund shall include all annual contributions made to the

fund by the university.

(2)"Secretary" means the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.

(3)"Agents" means members of the board of trustees of the university, its faculty,

hospital staff, nurses, nurses' aides, volunteer workers, employees and students and

all other persons involved in furnishing health care within the scope of their duties

or courses of study in connection with the University of Kentucky. Employed

physicians and dentists are agents of the university and within the scope of their

duties when rendering professional services in emergencies and other special

circumstances so long as such services do not constitute private practice for which

the physician or dentist derives income.

(4)"University" means the University of Kentucky.

(5)"Excess coverage fund" means funds available through appropriations made by the

General Assembly to pay judgments hereunder upon exhaustion of the basic

coverage compensation fund.